Chocolate Caramel Turtle Cookies Recipe 335 Food

CHOCOLATE TURTLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
• Cream together butter, sugar, and brown sugar using a stand mixer or hand mixer.
• Add in eggs and vanilla extract and beat until combined.
• Beat in cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Use a spoon or rubber spatula to stir in flour until combined. Stir in chocolate chips and pecans.
• Scoop out about two tablespoons of the cookie dough and roll into a ball and place on prepared pans. Repeat with remaining dough until you have 24 cookies. Place in the freezer for 30 minutes.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place unwrapped caramels and heavy cream into a microwave safe bowl. Place in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stir, and microwave again for 30 seconds. Continue until caramel is completely melted and smooth.
• Once the cookies are out of the oven drizzle with caramel and let cool completely on a wire rack.

CHOCOLATE CHIP TURTLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat to cool.
• In a bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
• In another bowl, beat together melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until creamy (1 to 2 minutes).
• Beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce mixer speed and gradually beat in flour.
• Stir in chocolate chips and pecans.
• Chill dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Heat oven to 350°F
• Roll dough into balls and place on greased cookie sheets. Flatten each ball using the palms of your hands.
• Bake 8 minutes or until set and light golden. Cool on wire racks. Melt caramel in the microwave and drizzle over cooled cookies.

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE CARAMEL COOKIES

Steps:

• In mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
• Combine flour and cocoa; gradually add to the creamed mixture.
• Stir in chocolate chips and pecans.
• Roll into 1-inch balls.
• Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, make a 3/8-to 1/2-inch deep indentation in the center of each ball.
• Smooth any cracks.
• Fill each indentation half full with caramel topping.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes or until caramel is very bubbly and the cookies are set.
• Cool for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks.
• Drizzle cooled cookies with candy coating.

CHOCOLATE-CARAMEL TURTLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F (if using dark or nonstick cookie sheet, heat oven to 350°F). In medium bowl, soak pecans in water while making dough; drain well.
• In medium bowl, beat sugar, butter, vanilla and egg with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. On low speed, beat in flour and cocoa until dough forms.
• On ungreased cookie sheets, for each cookie, arrange 5 pecans to look like head and legs of a turtle. Shape dough by rounded teaspoonfuls into 1-inch balls. Place 1 ball on top of each group of 5 pecans, pressing lightly into pecans with palm of hand.
• Bake 7 to 10 minutes or until set. Immediately press 1 caramel gently onto top of each cookie; let stand 5 minutes to soften caramel. Use small spatula to flatten candy slightly. Remove cookies from cookie sheets to cooling racks.